Conservapedia:Contest5

This is the rough draft of what eventually will be the format for the new point system, please discuss the format and any other concerns regarding the Contest here.

Workings

This will actually be a short contest. The captains will be User:Aschlafly and User:Iduan, simply because of a lack of necessary formality due to the fact that this will be a short contest. The contest will last 2 days.

Purpose

The purpose of the contest is to improve Conservapedia by tapping into the competitive side of our editors, fostering sportsmanship is also a goal.

Rules

In addition to the scoring guidelines below:

• Good sportsmanship is required and aspects of the rules are subject to change during the contest if consensus supports the revision
• No editor is allowed to artificially make a page wanted, then create it. To prevent this - all wanted pages will be listed on a page (to be created) before the contest starts, and only those will count as wanted pages throughout the competition.
• All editors must keep track of their score in a clear format: preferably:

==Type of Edit(Points the edit is Worth)(Number of this type made)==
links to diff (no organization necessary).

• -20 points to each user who does not keep track of their points correctly!!!

Points

New entry

Quality new entry: 20 points

• Definition:A Quality New Entry includes at least two full-length paragraphs, three relevant citations, an emboldened subject, several links to other entries, some in-depth content and designations of category, and is not entirely copied.
• Exception: Entertainment-related* Quality New Entries will receive only 18 points.

Ordinary New Entry: 12 points

• Definition: An Ordinary New Entry is a new entry which does not meet the qualifications for a Quality New Entry, but is of higher quality than a Short New Entry, and is not entirely copied.
• Exception: Entertainment-related* Ordinary New Entries will receive only 10 points.

Short New Entry: 6 points

• Definition: A Short New Entry contains only a few sentences and may or may not have a reference, and is not entirely copied.
• Exception: Entertainment-related Short New Entries will receive only 4 points.

Copied Entries That Add Little Value: 3 point

• Definition: A entry copied from a public domain source such as .gov site - you MUST link to other articles and the article can not be of trivial nature (i.e. non-encyclopedic, non-educational or non-historical)

Masterpiece: 100 points

• Definition: At the end of the contest each user (if they want to) will nominate their best article, and then the judges will pick the top two of all the articles nominated. The winning users will get 100 points for their article.

Existing entry

Quality edit of an existing entry: 8 points

• Definition: A Quality Edit to an existing article includes at least two extra sentences, an additional reference, and the inclusion of an important or relevant fact.
• Exception: Entertainment-related* Quality Edits will receive only 6 points.

Minor Edit of an existing entry: 2 points

• Definition: A Minor Edit is an edit which does not meet the qualifications for a Quality Edit. These edits might include small formatting changes, spelling and grammatical changes and/or the addition of a category.

Images

Adding a quality public domain image to an entry: 4pts (+2 points per article if it's an image you uploaded)

• Beware: Copyright violations will result in harsh penalties!

Templates

New Template: 8 points

• Definition: The template must have at least 4 non-userspace links.

Redirects

Redirecting a Page: 1 point

• Definition: Redirecting any page - whether the page was something different or not. Misspellings don't count.

Breaking News

Breaking News Item: 3 points

• Definition: A Breaking news item is placed on the Main page with wiki links to Conservapedia articles and a link to the external reference article.
• Exception: A non-administrator who submits an article to an administrator and the article is placed on the Main page will receive 3 points and the administrator will receive 1 points for adding the article and links. It is at the administrator's discretion whether to place the article on the Main page.

Bonus Points

• An additional bonus of 3 points is awarded for adding a new entry on the "most-wanted" list, Special:Wantedpages
  • Note carefully: The entry must be on this list
• An additional bonus of 1 point is awarded for adding a link to an entry on the Special:Deadendpages, and thereby removing that entry from that list
• An edit to an existing entry may qualify as a New Entry if the edit is substantial enough (however, mark these pages off so the judges can review).
• Adding a relevant photo to Breaking News will receive a 2 points bonus.
• Blocking a vandal/sock/troll or reverting their vandalism: 2 points.

Notes

An entry is "entertainment-related" if it relates to a subject not taught as core curriculum in a typical high school or college. This includes articles on sports, popular music, movies, and other entertaining but not necessarily educational subjects.

• Exception: Full credit will be given for notable or important historical subjects, and for political entries.
• Exception: Full credit will be given for reasonable subjects which are educational but not necessarily taught in a typical school.
• Exception: If entertainment entries are excessively useless - judges can deduct points